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Way back then I tried to figure out the longest possible route it would provide. There were times when the schedule to ulan bator was available in there....
@jon DB Navigator is not perfect in France, but it does show trips with 3+ connections, which SNCF does not want to sell and thus do not exist in SNCF Connect.
@jon Apropos timetabling, I wonder for how long the European Rail Timetable will survive. Sure, it has a great history as Cook’s Timetable, and if you insist on a printed timetable book, there is obviously no competition. But still. I haven’t bought one in several years. Not even the electronic one. Will be kinda sad to see it eventually meet its demise, sure.
@tml I don’t know. I’ve never bought one. I’ve once or twice been given old ones! So I’m not the right person to ask that. I’m not too bothered if traditional timetables on paper die away.
There should be proper paper timetables, with terms and conditions of each of the operators, and a proper description of their products (with pictures).
@jon Right now I have to use Trainline because DB can't properly handle international trains from Germany to X . Testet it when traveling to Paris and Vienna.
Also, buying Tickets from the Android App always get stuck at some point with some generic error, I have to go back and the second time it works. Friend reported the same error.
While overall the App is ok, I would not see it as a role model.
@taseroth err, you don’t have to use Trainline for Paris - Vienna. ÖBB should sell you that. Oh and that’s a mess because it’s France. I don’t think we can blame DB there.
@jon I live in munich, taveling from there. So 2 diverent trips. I used to strugle buying tickets, because DB just ended (at there last step) with an general error. If I remember correctly it was because I tried by a return ticket.
Nowadays I use Trainline for international travels. Works like a charme.
Of course it would be great to buy European tickets without using an external agent.
@jon I agree it's pretty good. The thing I'm missing is
a check box 'I have a Deutschland-Ticket'
letting me specify the maximum amount of time I want to be traveling.
With that info it could come up with various route suggestions trading travel time against ticket price.
E.g. I want to go from A to B.
The direct train takes 3h @ 100€. Splitting the A->B leg into two A->X and X->B takes 4h @ 80€ because X->B is a regional train which is free. Nice feature for people on a tight budget.
@jon Curious. Did you try out DB Next? I switched a while ago due to bike ticket reservations but don‘t use if often enough to have an opinion about it yet.
@jon One funny quirk in Next I haven’t understood yet. If I order the bile ticket separately, i get a 2nd class ticket for 0.-, if I order it along together with a 1st class ticket I incur a 9€ surcharge.
@jon I booked two bike tickets seperately for a 1.kl SSP trip with a 6h long "layover" separately for 0€ but the one i booked together with another 1.kl SSP (return) together with the ticket for 9€. Latter bike ticket was booked as 1.kl bike ticket (curious if there is a 1.kl bike rack) and the "long layover" ticket was booked 1.kl with 2.kl bike tickets. This has written "unruly passenger incident" written all over it :) will keep you posted...
@jon My hunch is that the "reservation" part is missing for the two separately booked tickets. But yet it's a "Fahrradkarte". It doesn't show an empty "Section/Carriage/Bicycle Space" for the booking like the 9€ one.
@jon It gets weirder and weirder.
The train they "sold" me the 0€ bike ticket for does not have a bike rack according to reiseauskunft. Their hotline claims that I got a valid reservation on both trains and that they indeed have a bike rack.
@jon End of the story: No bike transportation in these trains. My ticket is invalid and they will not refund. I will have to book new tickets. It is entierly my fault and I should be happy to be transported at all. F.U. DB.
@jon The mindset is still very national. I use the Next Navigator in English. It’s weird to see still so many German words in the English section. Even though DB offers a lot of int’l connections. So there is customer demand.
Happens with airlines too BTW. Especially eastern asian airlines sometimes lack proper apps and even websites.
@jon Right? DB Navigator is what I turn to whenever I need to plan an international trip, even if it doesn’t go through Germany. If DB could not only tell me how to get from Copenhagen to Bergen but also display a convenient “Purchase Ticket” button next to the itinerary, why wouldn’t I use it?
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